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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
For the Public

Critical Race Theory and the Atlantic Jewish World: Pathways and Roadblocks >

Featuring: Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Early modern Jewish racial identity? It’s complicated. 

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
For the Public

Intersectionality in the Medieval Archive >

Featuring: Dorothy Kim, Brandeis University

The compounded harm of gender, Jewishness, and class in thirteenth-century England.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021
For the Public

The Talmud in the Sea of Babylon >

Featuring: Shai Secunda, Bard College

How the Talmud relates to the rabbinic canon and the Sasanian scriptural galaxy. Canon in Context Part 3.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
For the Public

The Rise of the Rabbis >

Featuring: Simcha Gross, University of Pennsylvania

The rabbis of the Talmud became the dominant stream of Jewish practice and tradition later than you think. Canon in Context Part 2.

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
For the Public

Decoding the Mishnah >

Featuring: Mira Balberg, UC San Diego

Is the Mishnah a work of law? Canon in Context Part 1.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
For the Public

Mini-Course: Rethinking the American History of Zionism >

Featuring: Noam Pianko, University of Washington

A three-part series on the history of American Zionism.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
For the Public

American Jewish Musical Encounters >

Featuring: Josh Kun; Galeet Dardashti; Shaul Magid; Anthony Russell

A panel of musicians and scholars will explore the diversity of music in American Jewish history and culture, with moderator Josh Kun.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
For the Public

The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: A Conversation between Lila Corwin Berman and Rob Reich >

Featuring: Lila Corwin Berman, Temple University; Rob Reich

What role has philanthropy played in a democratic society, and how have American Jews used philanthropy to participate in American civic and political life?

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Thursday, April 22, 2021
For the Public

Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity >

Featuring: Shana Sippy; Analucía Lopezrevoredo

How purity politics hamper solidarity and coalition building.

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Thursday, April 15, 2021
For the Public

The Diaspora Within: Mizrahi Jews from Minneapolis to Jerusalem >

Featuring: Claris Harbon, McGill University

A counternarrative of modern Israel focuses on belonging and dislocation among Mizrahi Jews.

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